Woods v. Woods

Julie Anne Woods appeals the grant of a divorce on the irretrievably broken ground on the basis that the trial court erred in overruling her defense of condonation. We reverse.

The wife raised condonation as a defense to her husband’s divorce petition. "Condonation is the forgiveness, either express or implied, by one spouse of the other, for a breach of marital duty, with an implied condition that the conduct will not be repeated.” Brinson v. Brinson, 201 Ga. 540 (2) (40 SE2d 535) (1946). The wife claims, and the husband admits, that he lived with her for a week in December, 1976, while on…